Fink v. Umscheid
Supreme Court of Kansas
Frror from, Pottawatomie Pistrict Coilrt. Action brought by Constantine Umseheid and others, who sued for themselves and the persons composing the Catholic church and congregation at Rock Creek, in Pottawatomie county, against Louis M. Fink and two others, to cancel a certain deed executed by Louis M. Fink to Frank Winter, and to declare the land to be held by said Fink in trust for the use and benefit of the Catholic church of Rock Creek, in said county.
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Frror from, Pottawatomie Pistrict Coilrt. Action brought by Constantine Umseheid and others, who sued for themselves and the persons composing the Catholic church and congregation at Rock Creek, in Pottawatomie county, against Louis M. Fink and two others, to cancel a certain deed executed by Louis M. Fink to Frank Winter, and to declare the land to be held by said Fink in trust for the use and benefit of the Catholic church of Rock Creek, in said county. Trial by the court, at the June term, 1886, and judgment for the plaintiffs below. The defendants bring the case here for review. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
ClogstoN, C.:
Plaintiffs in error now insist that there was error in the proceedings below: First, that the plaintiffs had no right to bring this action; second, that this property was held by the plaintiff in error, the bishop of the diocese of Leavenworth; that, under the rules and regulations of the Catholic church, all property is held by the bishop for the benefit of the Catholic church at large; that he had the right to sell and control the same at his pleasure, and that, having disposed of the property as he saw fit, the plaintiffs had no right to complain of his action in…
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- Smith v. Board of Pensions of the Methodist Church, Inc.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1944
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